I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there.

Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out; it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

I remember little of the Yukon or what I wrote there.

It isnt the mountain ahead that wears you out its the grain of sand in your shoe.

I have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France one could lead a free life to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from ones neighbors.

When I was seven, I was allowed to be an extra in 'Parenthood,' which was amazing. But then I kind of got addicted to it, and my parents didn't want me to want to act. They felt that would be putting your kid in an adult world.

I don't believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute. The idea that the church can have no influence or no involvement in the operation of the state is absolutely antithetical to the objectives and vision of our country.

If you love someone, you love someone. It doesn't matter; age, colour, c'mon!

The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party.

There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.

A man engaged in his simple reflections in everyday life will comprehend neither the possibility nor the benefits of self sacrifice but when given a great cause to defend and he will find only natural to sacrifice oneself for it.

Environmentalists should like fracking for its relative cleanliness. But they don't. They have made a bugaboo out of the chemicals in fracking fluids, which supposedly can leach into groundwater sources. I'm convinced they're dead wrong. Ultimately, good technology with a cost advantage will win out over paranoia.

I always liked Casey Stengel as a manager because he seemed to have a grasp of so many things.

Who knows what the right time to get married is?

No matter how nice a hotel is, it's not home.

You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts.

There are many ways to make the most of your time on the planet, and propagation of the species is just one of them. If you're convinced that it's the key to your happiness, there are routes open to you, whether with the help of modern medical science, marrying into a readymade one, or through fostering and adoption.

All I try to do is to write music that feels meaningful to me, that has commitment and passion behind it.

Coach Godsey is a brilliant mind, a great teacher, and it's been fun learning from him so far.

For God's sake, if you sin, take pleasure in it, and do it for the pleasure.

I've always been really nationalistic, and I had a brother killed in Korea. And I think the 'Star Spangled Banner,' even today - and I've heard it a heckuva lot of times, OK - has always been a significant feeling to me.

He who has learned to disagree without being disagreeable has discovered the most valuable secret of a diplomat.

Gluttony and vanity grow with age.

It's easy to be beautiful - just be born that way.

Old guys can still do fun things.

In a quiet place, close your eyes, take a deep breath, and go inward. Place your attention on your heart, in the center of your chest. Sit quietly and easily let your attention remain there.

I find that I'm constantly drawing. Even when I'm on holidays or when the baby's sleeping, I'll just start doing some automatic drawing, something like that, and then it will turn into a piece, even though I thought I was just doodling.

Idiots are not responsible for what they do. The real guilt falls on rational people who sit on their hands while the morons run wild. You can opt out if you want to. Play it safe. But if you do, don't complain when the roof comes down.

What I keep searching for in movies, more and more, is the right gravity.